POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., hereby authorizes and designates
each of Marianne D. Short, Dannette L. Smith and Faraz A. Choudhry, or any
of them, acting singly with full power of substitution (each, an "attorney-
in-fact"), to sign and file on the undersigned's behalf the Form ID in order
to obtain or manage EDGAR filing codes, and any Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 (including
any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership
of or transactions in securities of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (the
"Company") at any date following the date hereof. The authority of each
attorney-in-fact under this Power of Attorney will continue until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with regard
to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of the Company,
unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned hereby revokes all previous
powers of attorney to sign or file on the undersigned's behalf any Forms 3, 4,
5 or 144 with regard to Company securities as of the date hereof, except that
if the undersigned has adopted any Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to transact in
Company securities, any powers of attorney the undersigned may have granted
under the plan to sign or file on the undersigned's behalf any Form 144 shall
continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of the
plan. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor an attorney
-in-fact is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144 under
the Securities Act of 1933.
Date: 12/6/2017
Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
